Πάφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a given name derived from πάθος (páthos, “Passion”). Traditional etymology links the town's name to the Greek goddess of passion Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē), as Paphos was the son of Pygmalion, a worshiper of the goddess.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pá.pʰos/ → /ˈpa.ɸos/ → /ˈpa.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pá.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.fos/

Proper noun

Πᾰ́φος • (Páphos) f (genitive Πᾰ́φου); second declension

1. Paphos, Cyprus
2. A given name of the son of Pygmalion

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Πᾰ́φος; τῆς Πᾰ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πᾰ́φος hē Páphos
Genitive	τῆς Πᾰ́φου tês Páphou
Dative	τῇ Πᾰ́φῳ têi Páphōi
Accusative	τὴν Πᾰ́φον tḕn Páphon
Vocative	Πᾰ́φε Páphe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Πᾰ́φῐος (Páphios)

Descendants

• Greek: Πάφος (Páfos)
• Latin: Paphos
• Ottoman Turkish: باف (Baf)

• Turkish: Baf

References

• “Πάφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Πάφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Πάφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• G3974 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020
• Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Paphus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray